Convoluted ornament



Oct. 7, 1952 c, A. HEROLD ET AL CONVOLUTED ORNAMENT 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 28, 1950 INVEN TORSI (Ear/(EA [f ex-01a Bun Lee M ATTQRNEYS Oct. 7, 1952 c. A. HEROLD ET AL 2,613,139

CONVOLUTED ORNAMENT Filed Jan. 28, 1950 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 NVENTORS Oct. 7, 1952 c, HEROLD ET AL 2,613,139

CONVOLUTED ORNAMENT 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Jan. 28, 1950 INVENTORS (207/614 .JZ m/d Bur-f Lee Patented Oct. 7, 1 952 ,assignors to Paper Novelty Manufacturing Company, Inc.,.Brooklyn, N. Y a corporation ofrNew York The present invention. relates to decorative ornaments and more particularly to decorative ornaments of the convoluted type that are'used in long. strands and thus are adapted tomake garlands, festoons and streamers.

The general objects of-the present inventio are to provide a decorative ornament that will present a novel andtpleasing appearance and a method for making such new decorative ornament that is extremelysimple to operate and readily adaptable .to mass production, whereby a decorative ornament; embodying the present invention may be produced in large quantities in an extremely inexpensive manner. I I

The present: invention relates to an improvement on the method set out in the patent to.D. J. Kelman, Number 2,197,615. .It is an objectof the present invention torprovide a method that will produce anornament that will give the appearance of having alternating segments of different colors and thus present a pleasing and unusual effect. I

It is also the object of, this invention to provide a decorative ornament having all the qualities of sturdiness, neatness and attractiveness of an ornament previously made as set forth in the aforementioned patent and yet which has the additional quality of presentin a two-tone or striped appearance. The ornament may be formed in such, a waythat it appears to have alternating segmentsof difierent colors; thus it may bemade to appearto have alternating segments of red and silver on blue and yellow. In another form the ornament may be prepared so that it appears to be onecolorwhen viewed from one position, and another color when viewed from another position.

It is another object .of 'the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing an ornament embodying the present invention by a very simple method and one that isadapted for continuous operation togive an even flow of .production of the novel ornament-withno increase in labor cost or material costbeing made necessary. I

It is a still further object of the presentinvention to provide a method which can be practiced by using the apparatus for making the aforementioned type of ornament heretofore in use with only extremely small changes in such apparatus being necessary and yet producing a remarkably different and novel ornament.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention Will'be more readily apparent from the following specification and drawing of specific embodimentsof the present invention, in which drawing; 7 I 1 plication January 28, 1950, Serial No. 141,087 a v 4 Claims. (01. 41510) s Fig. 1 is a partially broken away rear viewof an apparatus illustrating the method embodying the present invention; s Fig. 2 isaside elevation thereof; I i

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are rear views of the crimping rollers showing the two positions of the foil;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof; Fig. Bis aside elevation of the cam Fig. "7 is a schematic plan View of an entire apparatus illustrating the method embodying the present invention; Fig. 8 is a side view of a decorative ornament embodying the present invention; and

Fig. 9 is asectional view taken along of Fig. 8. 1

. As is best seen in Fig. 7, which schematically sets, forthan apparatus for practicing the'novel method disclosed herein,la fiat strip ID of any suitable material customarily used in making convoluted ornaments, for example, paper, cellophane, or metalv foil, may be first crimped or pleated by any conventional means. Although crimping of the materiallends to the final prodnot, a more pleasing appearance, it is not a necesline -a sary step in carrying out the'new method. The

material should, have differently colored sides to produce an ornament having a striped or two'- tone effect, and it is preferable to use metal foil since, it is not translucent and will hold its shape more readily than theother. materials customarily used. During or after crimping a core memher is positioned on both sides'of the flat strip.

I- n theembodiment illustrated, a core member l2 is positioned above the flat strip I 0 and a core member I3 is positioned below the flat strip. The core member may bemade of cord, or any other flexible strand such as wire, string, or thread may beused, I v i The novelty 'of the present method resides in the positioning of the core members l2 and 13 relative to the longitudinal medianlline of the flat strip I0. It has been customary, heretofore, to position said core members along the longitudinal medianline of the flat strip 10. In the method here presented, however, the core mem-'- bers l2 and 1.3 are positioned alternately on different sides of the longitudinal median line of the flat strip [0. .As wi ll be explained below',this produces the-unexpected resultof an ornament having a striped or ftwo-tone effect if a fiat strip 10 used has differently coloredsides. y

In the apparatus shown in Fig. 7, and Figs. 1 and 2,'the core members l21and l3 are fed into the crimping rollers l4. inja, fixed position, and the flat strip 10 is shiftedfatiintervals so that its longitudinal'median line is alternately positioned on difierent sides of the core members I2 and I3. After crimping of the flat strip and positioning of the core members I2 and I3, they are twisted about their longitudinal axis thereby also twisting the fiat strips III to form the convoluted ornament shown in Fig. 8; the twisting may. also be directly applied to the strip I as well as to the core members I2 and I3 to insure more positive twisting of the flat strip I0.

An apparatus for practicing the novel method herein disclosed will now be considered in more detail.

Core members I2 and I3-"arefed-irom spoo1I5 and I6 respectively. They lead from the spools 'I 5 and I6 through guides II, which position them above and below the flat strip .lfl;.intogroov.es'l8 in crimping rollers I4, as can best be seenin Figs. 3 and 4. The flat strip is fed from rolls I9 through guides and then between the crimping rollers I4. "Ihe guides-20 are supportedonone side by arm 2I' and the other side they-areslidably mounted on a support-not shown. The-arm 2I is slidably mounted in the supporting-member 22 and terminates in roller 23, whichengages in camway 24 formed by cam'plates 25'. The-cam plates 25 are keyed to shaft -26'which is driven by a series of gears (not shown) which link the shaft 26 to the crimping rollers. "The-cam path provided is one which reciprocates the arm*2I as the cam plate rotates; thus alternately positioning the thin strip In so that its longitudinal median line is positioned on alternate'sidesof'the core members I2 and I3. The amount of the thin strip. In that passes through the crimping rollers I4 on each position of the'strip II! can be varied by varying the gear linkage between the shaft 26 and the crimping rollers-I4. The thin strip III with the core members I2 and 'I3'positioned in grooves I8'above and-belowit then passes through the crimping-rollers I4 which are driven by belt 21 leading to a motor not shown; of course crimping is not necessary'andthis step may-be omitted. Any means for positioning the core members I2 and. I3 .and" the .flat ,stripand holding them against rotation about a longitudinal axis may be .used.

As shown in Fig. 7, the endsof the thin strip I 0 and thecoremembersIZ and I3 that emergefrom the crimping rollers I4 are secured to hooks 28 carried on trolley 29. The trolley 29 has wheels 30 which ride on cables.3l:as the material is fed through the crimping rollers 'I4, the trolley 29 is slowlypulledaway from the .crimpin rollers I4 bymeans of cable .32. .The cable 32 is hooked'to the front of the trolley 29 at .33 it leads around drum 34 which is driven by means not shown, thenup around a pulley not shown and is hooked onto the back of'the trolley-29 at 35. The hooks 28am spun rapidly by a motor,not shown, which is connected to wheel -36,'which in turn'drives the hooks -28 .for 'rotary motion through bevelgears 3'1. The trolley 29 is moved away from the crimping rollers I4by means of cable 32.

L.Fig. 8 shows .a' segment of an ornament embodying the present'invention at one of the transition points where'the ornament changes in appearance' from one colorto another. In this figure'it is assumed .that a flatstrip havingdifierently colored opposite sideshas been used. One side being colored a color designated R (indicated by the vertical shading) and the other side'being colored .a color designated S. The transition point is locatedgenerallyat the 'pointindicated by bracket 38. Whenv the ornament 'is viewed from a point to the left of a vertical-plane the segment 39 will appear to be colored R and the segment 40 will appear to be colored S. The color of the segments will appear just the opposite when the ornament is viewed from a point to the right of a vertical plane.

Assuming the. twisting. iscounterclockwise as seen in'Figs. '3 and 4, if the thin strip is fed between crimping rollers I4 with the R color side up, in the segment 39, the core members I2 and I 3 would beto the left of the longitudinal median line as shown in Fig. 4, and in the segment 40 the core members 12 and I3 would be positioned to theright of the longitudinal median line as shown 'in Fig.3.

If the core members I2 and I3 were always .positionedalong the longitudinal median line of theilat strip I0, all the curls 4I through 52 would be the same size. This has been the method heretofore in use. As can be seen in Fig. 8 at the transition point '3B,-where the core member is momentarily positioned along the longitudinal median line-ofthe thin'strip ID, as it moves from one side to theother, the curls 4'! and 48 are equal in size. To the right of the transition point the-odd-numbered curls M, 43, and are small and the even numbered curls 42, 44, and 46 in effect hide and predominateover the small curls '4I',-43, and-'45. In the segment 39, the ornament willgive'the appearance of being colored the same waythe large curls are colored, that is, it will appear to-be the color .R-when viewed from the left and the colors when viewed from the right. In the segment 40, after shifting of strip to position, the'core-members I2 and I3 on the other side of the longitudinal-median line, the odd numbered curls-49 and 5i have become the larger ones and they will hide or predominate over thesmaller even numbered curls 50 and 52 and the segment 4Ilwil1 thus appear Sin color when viewed from the left and R in color when viewed from the right.

Thus,-by the very simple method of alternately changing the position of the strip I0 relative to the core members I2 and I3, an ornament can be produced that presents a two-tone or striped effect.

Of'course, if an ornament presenting an appearance of being of only one color when viewed from one side andof another color when viewed from the other side 'is desired, the shiftin of the core members I2 and I 3 from one side of the 'median line to the other side would be eliminated and thecore members I2 and I3 would be positioned continuously to one side of the longitudinal media-n line of the strip I0.

We claim:

'l.-A decorative article comprising a strip of crimped "s'heet rmate rial the opposite sides of which are of different colors, and a wire on each 's'ide'iof "said -strip, both wires being disposed lengthwise with respect'to said strip and offset laterally from the longitudinal centerline thereof equally 'dis'tant in the same direction, said strip and'said wires'beingtwisted together on an axis comprising theportion of said strip between said wires,-with portions of said strip on opposite sides ofsaid 'axis'extending radially from the axis of the twist forming two concentric helixes of different sizes staggered axially.

2. A decorative article comprising a strip of crimped' metallic 'foil the opposite sides of which 'are-ofdifferent colors, and a wire on each side of said strip, both wires being disposed lengthwise'with respect to said strip and offset laterally from the longitudinal centerline thereof equally distant in the same direction, said strip and said wires being twisted together on an axis com prising the portion of said strip between said wires, with ortions of said strip on opposite sides of said axis extending radially from the axis of the twist forming two concentric helixes of different sizes staggered axially.

3. A decorative article comprising a pair of wires separated by a strip of sheet material, said wires being disposed lengthwise with respect to said strip and ofiset laterally from the longitudinal centerline thereof equally distant in the same direction, and said strip and said wires being twisted together with portions of said strip extending radially from the axis of the twist 15 6 the same direction, and said strip and said filaments being twisted together with portions of \said strip extending radially from the axis of the twist forming two concentric helixes of different sizes staggered axially.

CHARLES A. HEROLD. BURT LEE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,216,580 Levi Feb. 20, 1917 1,680,303 Schneider Aug. 14, 1928 2,033,340 Krantz Mar. 10, 1936 2,072,560 Krantz Mar. 2, 1937 2,112,723 Wisoff Mar, 29, 1938 2,197,615 Kelman Apr. 16, 1940 2,234,338 Franke Mar. 11. 1941 

3. A CECORATIVE ARTICLE COMPRISING A PAIR OF WIRES SEPARATED BY A STRIP OF SHEET MATERIAL, SAID WIRES BEING DISPOSED LENGTHWISE WITH RESPECT TO SAID STRIP AND OFFSET LATERALLY FROM THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE THEREOF EQUALLY DISTANT IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND SAID STRIP AND SAID WIRES BEING TWISTED TOGETHER WITH PORTIONS OF SAID STRIP 